Goals

The College of Dental Medicine is the first institution providing dental education in Taiwan. We have launched an ongoing process to excel in dental and oral medicine education and to meet the highest international standards. We are continuing to implement institutional improvements and conducting interdisciplinary, interdepartmental research through our undergraduate and graduate programs, in order to promote academic exchange and train outstanding specialists in dental science, oral health promotion and policy, oral health care in general and special populations as well as preventive dentistry.

The College encompasses oral-related areas of specialization, including dentistry and oral hygiene. The teaching of School of Dentistry strives for mutual application of the fundamentals of sciences and clinical experience in order to assist students to integrate academic knowledge with clinical practice by entering the clinical environment at an early stage. Our dental research has laid the foundation for the training of future dentists and dental researchers. We foster high-level professionals with both capacities of research and clinical treatments, and expect them to improve dental service by transferring these research results into clinical practice. To conform with the country’s educational policies and concepts of lifelong study as well as in-service education, the Department of Oral Hygiene has undergraduate program, master program and continuing education master program. The main goal in the undergraduate program is to train a professional oral hygienist who has expertise in oral health education, clinical dental assistance, preventive dentistry, research critique, and global perspective. Our master program is the only graduate program in Taiwan that dedicates to multifaceted oral health professional knowledge and research, oral health problem-solving and improvement ability in special populations, as well as oral health promotion and policy application. The College aims at training future generations of oral health science professionals and researchers, cultivating our students’ valuing cooperation, and hoping to bring well-trained dentists, specialists, and dental hygienists work together to provide patients with comprehensive dental and oral hygiene care services and to enhance human oral health and improve the quality of life.

Mission

1. Training of Dental and Oral Hygiene Professional
We will train oral hygiene and treatment personnel to possess the most up-to-date dental and oral hygiene skills, who will also have the planning and management abilities necessary to improve the quality of oral health care.

2. Developing of Dental Cutting-edge Technology:
We continue to work in the fields of special expertise, particularly with respect to cutting-edge technologies. We are actively developing new resources, and new dental research technologies, and use dental technology to improve life science and human welfare.

3. Promoting of Localized Oral Hygiene
We continue to improve our course design and training programs, promote and develope localized oral hygiene, and strengthen the oral hygiene care system.

4. Strengthening International Academic Exchange
Moreover, we encourage and provide opportunities for staff to participate in short-term research or relevant courses at sister dental schools in the US, Japan and the leading institutions in some other countries. We also encourage students to take part in exchange programs or internships abroad. We are certain that international exchange in academic and practical areas will assist us in training professional oral health specialists with a global outlook. 34

Accomplishments

1. Teaching and Research
The college of Dental Medicine encompasses 2 departments, 3 graduate programs, and two on-the-job programs, in which Dentistry provides undergraduate, master, and Ph.D. programs, and Oral Hygiene provides undergraduate, master, on-the-job undergraduate and master’s programs. For the international connection and application of dental materials and devices, three research centers were established, including 1) Global Center of Excellence for Oral Health Research and Development (GCEOHRD); 2) Dental Medical Devices and Materials Research Center (DMDMRC); 3) Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging Center (OMFIC). There are 36 full-time faculty members in the College. The focus of research activities in our principal investigators are summarized as 7 categories in the following:

1. ) Betel Quid Chewing and Oral Cancer including the mechanisms in malignancy, transformation, invasion, and metastasis, and therapy strategy over the application of stem cell
2. ) Osteo-immunology & Biotechnology for bone resorption, periodontitis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis
3. ) Microorganism in oral cavity and systemic disease
4. ) Dental medical devices and materials research Stem Cell in Dental Pulp and Cancer Tissue and their application
5. ) Oral and Maxillofacial Image and related application
6. ) Dental Hygiene in Community and Epidemiological Investigation

In research cooperation, the full-time faculty members are conducting interdisciplinary, interdepartmental research through our undergraduate and graduate programs in promoting academic exchange and brain storming. In teaching block cascades and course design, the evaluation in learning effectiveness and cultivation of professional skill in dental training are settled down over the promotion in the teaching quality, learning strategy and website teaching.

2. Service and learning

1. ) To embrace the spirit of medical ethics and human care as well as provide medical and international volunteer services in remote areas.
2. ) To plan comprehensive medical oral care as well as promote oral disease prevention and treatment.
3. ) To extend academic research to the community for the purpose of oral health promotion in order to enhance human oral health and improve the quality of life.

3. Internationalization

1. ) To encourage to establish the international sister department and exchange the teachers and students to take part in exchange programs or internships abroad.
2. ) To provide opportunities for staff to participate in short-term research or relevant courses at sister dental schools in the US, Japan and the leading institutions in some other countries.

4. Industry-University Cooperation
The goal is to develop the dental medical equipment industry, with the government industrial development policies to help traditional industries and high-value transformation, including its own brand of dental implant systems, LED, Laser equipment and clinical simulation guiding system.

目標

本校口腔醫學院首創國內以學院規模來辦理牙醫學教育。長久以來，朝著國際水準的牙醫與口腔醫學教育邁進，不單是體制的改變，而是實質的提升。我們以系所整體運作、科技整合、跨領域研究的方式，配合國際學術交流之推動，培養我國牙醫科學、口腔健康促進與政策、一般與特殊族群口腔健康照護及預防牙醫學的一流人才。

口腔醫學院包含牙醫系所及口腔衛生學系所。牙醫學系教學力求基礎科學與臨床技能互相印證，讓學生儘早接觸臨床環境，讓理論及臨床技術融會貫通。牙醫學研究所係為培育我國牙醫學教育及研究人才而設立，主要在培養牙醫學研究與醫療並重的高級人才，除了提升牙醫學研究水準並將成果直接應用至臨床上。口腔衛生學系為培育具口腔衛生教育能力、牙科醫療輔助能力、口腔預防保健能力、創新思辨能力及全球視野能力的口腔衛生專業人才。全臺灣目前唯一之口腔衛生研究所，目標為培育具有口腔衛生專業知識與研究能力、特殊族群口腔衛生問題研析與改善能力及口腔健康促進及政策探討之研究與實務能力。積極培育口腔醫學科學專業與研究人才，此外培養學生重視並學習群體合作的精神，為民眾提供周全的牙科及口腔照護服務，以提升整體口腔健康照護與生活品質。

特色重點

一、 培養具備專業水準的牙醫師及口腔衛生照護人才：
培育具有專業水準的牙醫師及優秀口腔衛生照護人才，並具有口腔醫療相關機構之規劃與行政管理能力，以提升整體口腔健康照護與生活品質。

二、 開發牙醫領域尖端科技：
在各項牙醫尖端科技的引領下，持續發展口腔醫學之臨床專業技能，發展牙醫學研究領域的新技術，提供患者高水準全人專科醫療品質。

三、 促進本土化疾病口腔衛生的保健：
經由課程設計與訓練，促進並發展本土化疾病之口腔衛生實務工作，以強化口腔衛生照護體系的基礎。

四、 加強國際學術交流：
口腔醫學院透過長期國際性的學術交流與合作發展，提供師生跨學科國際交流機會並鼓勵前往美國、日本及韓國等國家姐妹校做短期的研究或相關課程的進修，透過交換觀摩或研習，藉以促進與國際間之學術及實務交流。

成果與展望

一、 教學研究
口腔醫學院共有兩個系三個碩、博士班和兩個在職專班，分別是牙醫學系、牙醫學系碩士班、博士班；口腔衛生學系、口腔衛生學系碩士班、碩士在職專班和二年制在職專班。此外口腔醫學院還設有三個院級的研究中心，分別為全球卓越口腔健康研究發展中心、齒科醫療器材產業研究中心和口腔顎顏面影像中心，與世界接軌同時推廣學術研究成果結合產業界。目前口腔醫學院有30位專任教師，依各領域的研究主題目前規劃有七大研究主軸，分別為：

1. 檳榔與口腔癌相關研究（口腔癌轉移機轉探討、幹細胞治療口腔癌及口腔癌前病變）
2. 骨免疫與牙周病、骨質疏鬆症、風濕免疫症之成因與治療
3. 口腔厭氧菌、口腔微生物與全身疾病之相關研究
4. 齒科醫療器材產業之發展
5. 牙科幹細胞的相關研究
6. 動物模式口腔癌之產生及CT.PET影像分析應用
7. 社區口腔衛生及流行病學研究。

藉由不同研究領域的專長，從相容性和互補性為出發來組成院內研究團隊，進行多面向的整合性研究。在教學方面藉由核心能力的建立和培養，口腔衛生和牙科專業能力的養成為目的，同時藉由各種有效評鑑學生學習成果的方法，輔以網路教學評量來有效提升教師的教學品質和提高學生的學習成效。

二、 服務學習：

1. 發揮醫學倫理及人文關懷精神，提供偏遠地區之醫療及國際志工服務。
2. 規劃以全人專科醫療的口腔照護，推動口腔疾病預防與治療。
3. 將學術研究成果，推廣至社區，以口腔健康促進為目標，增進民眾口腔健康及生活品質。

三、 國際化：

1. 鼓勵推動長期國際性的學術交流與合作發展。
2. 提供師生國際交流機會並鼓勵前往美國、日本及韓國等國家姐妹校做短期的研究或相關課程的進修。

四、 產學合作：
以齒科醫療器材產業為發展目標，配合政府產業發展政策，協助傳統產業高值化轉型。包括自有品牌人工牙根系統、光電醫療美容系統及臨床模擬導引系統的新研發。

在此人才流動無國界，國際競爭多元化的時刻，本校重視提升師生國際競爭力，以「加強國際交流，培育新時代國際人才」為教學國際化的主要宗旨，也是本校教學卓越計畫的中心思想之一，其目標在於增加師生國際交流互訪機會、提升師生關懷國際社會之能力與情操、充實國際人文醫療的學習與教學資源，並打造校園國際化環境、推動學生各式海外體驗學習活動，期能培育優質醫療專業人才。

姊妹校交流合作

本校重視國際交流合作，已簽約合作的學校或學術機構包括美國、加拿大、英國、澳洲、波蘭、匈牙利、瑞典、以色列、南非、日本、韓國、馬來西亞、印尼、印度、香港等國家，共計48所52個合作案，其中以與美國哈佛大學的合作成果最為豐碩。

本校陳田植董事長熱心學術交流活動，於西元1995年捐贈一百萬美金成立「高醫－哈佛聯合基金」，鼓勵本校年輕教師、主治醫師及醫學系學生(醫五及後醫三)至哈佛醫學院或公衛學院研習。實施多年後，有鑒於此學術交流為單方向交流，遂於在西元2004年促成哈佛公衛學院之環境衛生學系碩、博士生於每年1~2月間前來本校修課，「Field Experience in International Occupational Health & Safety」，此課程獲哈佛公衛學院認可2.5學分，且至今仍持續辦理。更於西元2012年針對哈佛醫學生開設「感染疾病及頭頸部腫瘤」整合實習課程，獲哈佛醫學院認可4學分，2012、2013皆有2位哈佛醫學生前來選修。2009年開始，本校邀請哈佛大學醫學院腎臟科教師前來，針對醫學系三年級及學士後醫學系二年級學生，進行為期一週的「腎臟泌尿系統」協同教學，由哈佛教授授課，本校與哈佛二校教授一起帶領分組PBL教學，至今已連續4年，成為醫學院的課程特色之一，執行成果獲得師生廣大迴響。為表揚陳董事長辦學之用心，教育部亦曾頒發銀質獎章乙座。

學生國際研習及志願服務

為開拓學生國際視野，增長臨床學習經驗，本校醫學院每年選派學生前往美國哈佛大學醫學院、夏威夷大學、韓國首爾大學等校進行交換見習；護理系選派碩士班學生前往美國休士頓德州大學健康科學中心護理學院研習「跨文化護理研討」課程；口腔醫學院選派學生至美國賓夕法尼亞大學牙醫學院交換；健康科學院醫務管理暨醫療資訊學系碩士專班也會安排學生至美國維吉尼亞州立大學選修「美國醫院管理實務專討」課程。
此外，秉持本校人道關懷，照顧弱勢的傳統，將醫療服務由國內偏鄉延伸至國際。自2007年起，藉由教學卓越計畫挹注，每年選派學生前往索羅門、馬拉威、印度、史瓦濟蘭等國家進行國際志願服務計畫。年年學生成果豐碩，並獲得政府機構肯定，屢獲行政院青輔會「GYSD國際志工績優團隊競賽」、「區域和平志工績優團隊全國競賽」、「青舵獎」、「iVT創新志工團隊競賽」等獎項。

打造國際化學習環境，招收外國學生

為培育具備多元國際特質的新時代專業人才，迎向日益激烈的全球化競爭，本校亦致力於打造國際化的學習環境，除了校內一般外國語言及專業課程外，另依學生未來職場所需特質規劃專業實習課程，為本校師生在國際競爭奠定基礎。其具體措施包含增加全英語授課課程比例、推動雙聯學制、訂定海外研修學分承認機制、舉辦文化融合體驗活動、舉辦「菁英產業論壇」。並鼓勵學生赴海外研習、推動海外產業實習、鼓勵師生取得國際證照資訊，期能有效拓展學生們的國際胸襟，進而提升其國際競爭實力。

除了致力於提升本地學生國際化外，本校也致力於招收外國學生，營造國際化校園。2008年開始以「臨床醫學碩士學程」加入國合會「國際高等人力培訓外籍生獎學金計畫」，至今共4屆8名國際學生，分別來自甘比亞、聖露西亞、海地、瓜地馬拉、蒙古及史瓦濟蘭。另於2010起，醫學檢驗生物技術學系成立「甘比亞生物醫學學士專班」，為期四年，為甘比亞共和國培育優秀之醫學檢驗人才。此計畫中之學生，係由甘比亞政府選派前來就讀，所需學雜費全數由甘國政府提供。

目前本校計有13個系所可招收外國學生，大學部包括學士後醫學系、呼吸治療學系、牙醫系、藥學系、醫務管理暨醫療資訊學系；碩士班包括醫學研究所、醫學系基因體醫學科、牙醫學系、香粧品學系、護理學系、天然藥物研究所、運動醫學系、藥學系、醫務管理暨醫療資訊學系、生物醫學暨環境生物學系及醫藥暨應用化學系；博士班則有醫學研究所、牙醫學系、天然藥物研究所及醫藥暨應用化學系等。外國學生除自費外，可申請本國政府提供的「臺灣獎學金」，或本校提供的「外國研究生助學金」前來就讀；入學後也可申請教育部提供的「外國學生獎學金」，或校內各項獎助學金。

面對全球化的快速發展與激烈競爭，高等教育國際化乃時勢所趨，我們期望經由建構多元文化學習環境、提供全校師生有關國際人文醫療等學習資源與跨國教學合作，培養師生國際關懷與國際交流能力，提升全校師生的專業實力，協助政府孕育未來領導人才，儲備國際競爭力的資本。

The mission of our university is to proceed with research, education and social services. In order to achieve the aim of “life-long learning and healthy life”, the Center for Extension Education and Social Resources integrates university and social resources and provides multiple courses for the public in the hopes of increasing international competitiveness and personal artistic appreciation. In addition, based on KMU’s traditional spirit of “attentive to the disadvantaged population”, the Center for Extension Education and Social Resources actively cooperates with other schools, government organizations and non-government organizations for advancing social services together.

Characteristics and achievements

In order to meet the needs of the coming aging society, the Center for Extension Education and Social Resources has undertaken a two-year “Learning University” program funded by the Ministry of Education for the older adults since 2011. KMU also holds Taiwan’s first “Learning Graduate Program” for providing the graduated older adults another venue of continued education. We have made the “Learning University” program a great success and were granted the honor for being one of the only two universities that were invited to share the experiences at the “Illustration of Learning University Program Meeting” hosted by the Ministry of Education. The enrolled Elderly students praise highly of the programs and it effectively promotes KMU’s image of “social care”.

The Center for Extension Education and Social Resources supplies multiple courses to the public to continue their life-long pursuit of learning which helps to increase personal professional skills, international perspectives, and artistic appreciation as well. With existing educational and human resources, we provide diversified channels dedicated to the pursuit of further education to aid the public and promote the competitive competence of our country. These courses (which encompass for-credit, non-credit courses, and on-the-job training authorized by various public or private institutes) not only focus on medical field but also on many health promoting courses designed for older adults. We utilize the e-learning pathway to help promote internationalization. In coordination of the Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yuan of Taiwan, we will also continue to offer training courses in medical field and provide services and support for related medical institutions.

Our previous outstanding achievements, owing to the good qualities of our education and specialized courses in health care, have led us to acquire the TTQS (ISO 10015) certification in 2008. Moreover, we won the bronze medal from “the Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yuan of Taiwan” for TTQS. We also earned several “first-rate” and “grade-A” awards from Kaohsiung city government for citizen-learning programs. Moreover, not only did we acquire two awards including the DIY Class and Excellent Class Outcomes from Kaohsiung city government but our health and leisure class was crowned “grade-A” award and “first-rate” award too.

維護學生身心健康、培育學生人文精神

學務處以「全面關懷、主動服務」的理念輔導學生，並以「4H」(Health, Humanity, Harmony, Hope)作為學務工作目標。為增進學生身心健康，結合學校與醫院的資源提供專業而完整的身心照護服務，如高醫學生門診，並有專業且經驗豐富的精神科醫師和諮商師提供心理諮商。

為輔導學生實踐人文關懷精神，學務處輔導學生從事服務學習，規劃各類活動讓學生們走入社區或偏遠地區，發揮愛心、服務大眾，讓本校學生延伸課外學習以汲取與不同社群互動的經驗，使學生體會關懷、愛心與服務的真諦，以培養學生人文關懷情操，並且獲得實踐社會關懷的經驗。

重視學生社團活動與完善導師生輔導制度

高雄醫學大學重視學生在各領域的均衡發展，因此積極鼓勵及輔導學生透過社團活動參與學習並增強其人際關係、團隊合作能力及培養領導力等軟實力。本校學生社團現除自治團體之外，另依屬性分為六類：學藝性、音樂性、康樂性、體能性、服務性及聯誼性等。在社團活動方面，鼓勵學生社團積極跨出校園與他校聯誼，增加校際活動的經驗，拓展視野，達到相互觀摩與學習之效果。亦可藉由校際比賽與他校學生切磋技藝，讓平日的學習與努力，獲得正確的指導與肯定。近年來，學生社團參與全國性競賽及評鑑屢創佳績。

在輔導方面，本校訂有導師制度，由各系所安排熱心教師擔任導師，以促進師生互動，建立融洽的師生關係；並制訂導師時間、追蹤導師與學生的互動紀錄，另編制生活輔導老師及系輔導老師，盡力輔導學生，解決其生活、課業、環境適應上所面臨身心方面的問題。

暢通師生意見溝通管道、提升學生就業競爭力

為塑造和諧的校園文化，本校透過各種會議、座談會建立與學生溝通之管道，並建立學生問題即時反應系統以積極回應學生意見。而為輔導學生創造未來的發展希望、鼓勵學生在課業上的優良表現，特設有多項獎學金，例如：獎勵優秀高中生入學獎學金、書卷獎、研究生績優獎學金暨獎助金等，另亦設有清寒及身心障礙學生優秀學生獎助金、原住民學生助金、學生緊急紓困金等協助弱勢學生。

此外，職涯發展組並以多元施測工具（例如學習歷程檔案系統、複合向度性格測驗）及各類職場接軌的活動協助學生規劃未來發展，以提升同學就業競爭力。

本校致力於提供學生良好的學習環境，希望營造洋溢蓬勃朝氣與創意的校園，讓學生能徜徉在研究學問與課外活動之中，充分享受人文教育與知識專業的洗禮。

The Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for carrying out the educational administrative affairs of KMU. It is comprised of the Division of Admissions &Student Recruitment, Division of Registration and Curriculum, Division of Graduate Academic Affairs, Division of Learning Enhancement, and Division of Teaching Development.

KMU seeks to enroll intelligent and motivated students of high character with diverse talents and backgrounds who can benefit from the school’s program, and whose talents and interests can contribute to the school as a whole. We are also developing cloud learning service platform and providing new and innovative online learning service for our students.

In 2011, the Division of Learning Enhancement and Division of Teaching Development was founded to bring the “outcome-based” learning and teaching into our educational programs, and established an online ”course and advisor evaluation system” for students to give feedback to the instructors about the courses.

For the past 8 years, KMU carried out the ‘Teaching and Learning Excellence Program” ,which was funded by the Taiwan Ministry of Education to encourage universities to encompass a more diversified curriculum to adequately collaborate with the rapid societal changes, and honored the” paragon university “in 2013.

The Center for Faculty Development and Teaching Resource (CFDTR) is established to promote university-wide faculty teaching and professional development across a broad spectrum of professional activities. The mission of CFDTR includes an annual teaching workshop to provide a forum for experts within and outside the university, along with the recognized outstanding teachers, to share teaching methods, teaching experiences, and insights with all other instructors. CFDTR also establishes a comprehensive management and evaluation mechanisms for those qualified teaching assistants by providing advance training courses and continuing education.

Teaching Development

CFDTR provide a wide range of ‘Peer Growth Group’ that support teaching professional achievement (i.e. teaching, research, and clinical approaches), skill building (e.g. innovative new teaching technology) and career planning and development. We also set-up five teaching dimensions to reach goals of peer groups: curriculum design, teaching methods, teaching materials, production and use of classroom management, teaching evaluation. We organize peer groups through a specific topic, the discussion of thinking of teachers from different areas of expertise, and enhance teachers the opportunity to learn from each other, in order to stimulate new thinking and enrich the career field.

For those who did not reach the required standard level on the teaching evaluation or faculty performance evaluation, meetings of support groups are set-up to discuss improvement strategies including organizing teaching and research in counseling groups, matching appropriate mentors, needs assessment of teaching or research etc. To assist in new or junior faculty members, the CFDTR holds orientation events to provide resources for faculty and arranges mentors to share their expertise and enrich their senior colleagues with their experiences. The CFDTR awards faculty who is recognized as excellent teaching accomplishments annually. Future aims of CFDTR are to establish (1) ‘The Indicator for Evaluation of Teacher’s Teaching Ability’, which will be the indicator for evaluating and selecting the excellent teaching teachers, and (2) ‘The Academy of Outstanding Teacher’ of the Kaohsiung Medical University to provide the heritage of teaching experience and guidance and help new faculty.

Teaching Resources

To enrich faculty development through a culture of collaboration, the study group program is designed to provide support and a context that allows faculty to share their expertise and enrich their experience with each other. In collaboration with a supportive group of equally committed colleagues, teachers are given the opportunity to extend their expertise in teaching and instructional technology.

CFDTR regularly holds training certification courses for teaching assistant and establish a school-based teaching assistant human resource base. Teachers can apply for teaching assistants, who can assist in teaching content/material updates, the classroom discussion, laboratory courses, PBL or after-school tutoring. Through those qualified teaching assistants, teachers can improve teaching quality and also provide student better learning environments.

The Development of the Clinical Skill Center

The establishment of the Clinical Skill center and Standard Patient (SP) Training programs enhance the teaching of clinical skill and improve learning efficiency. The center carries innovative technology and equipment. Through virtual simulation training, the students’ clinical skill can thereby be improved. To detect learning effectiveness of students’ clinical skills, KMU builds 24 OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) assessment classrooms, as well as configures a standardized electronic radio with recording equipment and the variety of software and hardware facilities. By the objective assessment of the OSCE and SP who plays patient roles with a variety of symptom, clinical personnel can foster their problem-solving ability, attitude, communication skills to enhance clinical skills, and the importance of the cooperation of the medical team.